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The iPhone community is excited to get the iPhone 5 in their hands, but it is still a large problem that 4G LTE wonít be available everywhere, as it is one of the iPhone 5ís most exciting new features. Good news for some extra cities today is that AT&T and Verizon appear to have expanded their 4G LTE networks just before tomorrowís official launch of the iPhone 5.

Originally Posted by MacRumors

New AT&T LTE:

Anchorage, Alaska

Birmingham, Alabama

Detroit, Michigan

Honolulu, Hawaii

Memphis, Tennessee

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Portland, Oregon

Sacramento, California

Seattle, Washington

New Verizon LTE:

American Falls, Idaho

Americus, Georgia

Aspen-Snowmass, Colorado

Billing and Helena, Montana

Bremerton, Colorado

Coffeyvilley, Kansas

Cheyenne, Wyoming

Ellijay, Georgia

Emporia, Kansas

Greely Colorado

Lawrence, Kansas

Marion County, Ohio

Moultry, Georgia

Merced, California

Pueblo, Colorado

Richmond, Indiana

Silverdale, Colorado

Statesboro, Georgia

Tifton, Georgia

Expanded Verizon LTE:

Asheville, North Carolina

Arizona (southern area "includes Interstate 10 north to include Marana and east to Vail; the community of Sonoita; and along Highway 86 west to Three Points.")

Bemidji, Minnesota

Bloomington, Illinois

Clinton, Iowa

Dayton, Ohio

Greater Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Kansas, City, Missouri

Lincoln, Nebraska

Normal, Illinois

Mattoon, Illinois

Morehead City, North Carolina

Lincoln, Nebraska

Omaha, Nebraska

Peoria, Illinois

Quad Cities, Iowa

Rochester, Minnesota

San Diego, California

Springfield, Ohio

Sterling, Illinois

The iPhone 5ís 4G LTE support boasts theoretical speeds of 100Mb/s, but more realistically users get anywhere from about 9-18Mb/s (give or take depending on network conditions) for download and upload speeds on AT&T and Verizon. Itís a great improvement over the iPhone 4Sís small speed boost on AT&T's network or the iPhone 4ís 3G network by a long shot.

With AT&T and Verizon expanding these networks to more locations, it gives iPhone 5 buyers more incentive to use their phones to their full potential in their own areas. AT&T and Verizon are both expected to open even more doors to their 4G LTE network by the end of 2012 and AT&T hopes to complete their expansion by the end of 2013.

If youíre looking to buy an iPhone 5, Verizon is probably the best carrier to go with because they have so much more 4G LTE coverage across the United States.

-Point being, if I were AT&T I would initially focus putting my network expansion efforts in cities with populations in the six digits rather than these small towns in the middle of nowhere, most which don't even top 40k people.

-Point being, if I were AT&T I would initially focus putting my network expansion efforts in cities with populations in the six digits rather than these small towns in the middle of nowhere, most which don't even top 40k people.

*(2010 Census)

His point, obviously, was why Anchorage before places like Philadelphia that have nearly 1,536,471 residents. I was also shocked by Anchorage which only 'barely' qualifies as a 'large' city.

FYI: Bremerton and Silverdale are both in Washington state, not Colorado.

OT: AT&T's LTE rollout list is kind of baffling to me. Why little "Podunk" towns in the Midwest are getting LTE connectivity before several major cities is astonishing (but, in fairness, AT&T is making an effort to rectify this gap--slowly).

His point, obviously, was why Anchorage before places like Philadelphia that have nearly 1,536,471 residents. I was also shocked by Anchorage which only 'barely' qualifies as a 'large' city.

If it was that "obvious" then we wouldn't be having this exchange, now would we? I love how some folks like to ***** about EVERYTHING these carriers do. Nothing is good enough it seems. If Big Blue isn't moving fast enough for ya jump ship. No one will miss you.

As far as why AT&T would blanket LTE in Anchorage before Philly, who knows? Maybe they have more customers in that city or they've gotten approval for network improvements quicker there than Philadelphia. I'm just speculating. I'm also going to leave such decisions up to those who actually own, maintain and PAY for said network improvements to decide when/where they lay them out.

I got the iPhone 5 from Verizon and it is the worse iPhone I ever got and i had all of them from the first one. The iPhone 4S is way faster than this one and all that BS that Verizon has better signal is really pissing me off. Don't trade the 4S!! Maybe cuss its only came out today but I was always so happy when I got a new iPhone

You can't change the subject midstream, dude. Foul! ;-). No one here ever said 4S had LTE. But it did have 4G HSPA+ which is hugely faster than 3G. And HSPA+ is NOT the same as LTE which is a factor of 10 faster than HSPA+. This topic has confused people huge. 4G simply means 4th generation and there are 3 different speeds that were allowed to be marketed as 4G last year. LTE being the winner by far. The 4S did NOT have 4G LTE (no one here ever said it did) but one of the major new features of the 4S was 4G HSPA+, hence, why you see a little 4G insignia near the signal bars on any 4S in the 4G HSPA+ zones. I have done my homework thoroughly, my friend, you're just a little confused as to the nature of 4G and the different speeds.